Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: When the Sacred Meets the Civic: An Introduction
PART ONE: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Preventing Teen Pregnancy
Chapter 2: Framing the Debate: Faith-Based Approaches to Preventing Teen Pregnancy
Chapter 3: Joseph's Promise: Extending God's Grace to Pregnant Teens
Chapter 4: Conservative Triumph: Successes of Worship and Family in Preventing Teen Pregnancy
PART ONE FURTHER COMMENTS
Teen Pregnancy, Faith, and Social Science
The Why's behind Reducing Teen Pregnancy
Faith-Based Sexuality Education Breaks the Silence in Black Churches
Religious Sins: Churches Dealing (Or Not Dealing) with Human Sexuality
PART TWO: The Role of Faith Based-Organizations in Fighting Crime and Substance Abuse
Chapter 5: Defining the Terms of Collaboration: Faith-Based Organizations and Government in Criminal Justice
Chapter 6: Not by Faith Alone: Religion, Crime, and Substance Abuse
PART TWO FURTHER COMMENTS
Effectiveness over Ideology: Church-Based Partnerships in Crime Prevention
Maintaining Legitimacy: Church-Based Criticism as a Force for Change
The Enforcer: The Role of Churches in Maintaining Social Control
Fighting Crime: OVercoming the Argumets of Church-State Separationists
Even Church-State Separationists Care about Serving the Poor
PART THREE: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development
Chapter 7: Community Development and Religious Institutions
Chapter 8: Many Are Called, but Few Are Chosen: Faith-Based Organizations and Community Development
PART THREE FURTHER COMMENTS
Faith-Based Community Partnerships: Toward Justice and Empowerment
Comparative Advantages of Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development
Eyes on the Prize
Redefining the Mission of Faith-Based Organizations in Community Development
Faith in Harlem: Community Development and the Black Church
Housing Needs and Housing Resources: A Mismatch
Faith as the Foundation for the New Community Corporation
PART FOUR: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Education
Chapter 9: Partnerships of Schools and Faith-Based Organizations
Chapter 10: Faith-Based Organizations and Public Education Reform
Chapter 11: Faith Communities and Public Education: The View from the Superintendent's Office
PART FOUR FURTHER COMMENTS
Mobilizing Communities to Improve Public Schools
Creating Partnerships of Schools and Faith-Based Organizations that Uphold the First Amendment
Balancing Principles and Implementation: Muslim Responses to Charitable Choice
What Public Schools Might Learn from the Catholic School Experience
PART FIVE: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Child Care
Chapter 12: The Child-Care Landscape
Chapter 13: A Survey of Congregation-Based Child Care in the United States
Chapter 14: Promises and Perils: Faith-Based Involvement in After-School Programs
Chapter 15: Sacred Places? Not Quite. Civic Purposes? Almost
PART FIVE FURTHER COMMENTS
Ensuring Quality and Accountability in Faith-Based Child care
Harnessing the Potential of Partnerships without Violating Cherished Values
The Child-Care Trilemma and Faith-Based Care
PART SIX: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity?
Chapter 16: Compassion in Truth and Action: What Washington Can Not Do to Help
Chapter 17: Testing the Assumptions: Who Provides Social Services?
Chapter 18: Appropriate and Inappropriate Use of Religion
Chapter 19: In Good Faith: Government Funding of Faith-Based Social Services
Chapter 20: The Breaking Points: When Consensus Becomes Conflict
Chapter 21: Holy Waters: Plunging into the Sea of Faith-Based Initiatives
Contributors
Index
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